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Old 03-07-2009, 02:25 AM   #1 (permalink)
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why Warm intake?

with every car I know a warmer intake air temp actually chokes the engine, causes misfires, over heating, decreased efficiency, and many other bad things. (usually referred to as heat soak)

so why do you guys close off all heat dissipation holes, and use warm intakes?

in high performance engines heat dissipation is usually used for better efficiency, and it was noted that fire burns more efficiently with cooler surrounding air.

warmer engine bay and hot intake air sounds bad and puzzles me.
Im pretty sure heat soak negatively affects MPG

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